HSK Teaching to Overseas Adult Learners Yang Han Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine, LSBU

Purpose of TCSOL Communication –Spoken –Written Culture

Characteristics of Overseas Chinese Teaching Limited contact hours Lack of authentic language environment Limited resources

Andragogy Theories of adult education Alexander Kapp in 1833 Knowles in 1967 Developed by Light et al in 2009

Characteristics of Adult Learners Need to know The concept of the learning Prior experience Readiness Orientation Motivation (Light et al., 2009) Reality

HSK-1 Contents

HSK-2 Contents

HSK-3

HSK-4 No grammatical function list

Main Elements in HSK Teaching Pinyin Chinese characters Words Grammar Culture Revision & testing

Process of Chinese Teaching Overall design Textbook compilation Classroom teaching Language testing

Classroom Teaching Engaging students Employing effective Teaching / Learning Activities to encourage the use of Chinese Teacher’s talk vs students’ talk

Imitation Pattern Drills Dialogue Role play Sentence chain (example) Teaching/Learning Activities

Main Elements in HSK Teaching Pinyin Chinese characters Words Grammar Culture Revision & testing

Pinyin In class: –imitation –marking tones with hands/numbers –distinguishing tones – writing pinyin with tone markers At home: –Reference sheet and audio files via –Initials and finalsInitials and finals –Pinyin Chart with audioPinyin Chart with audio

Chinese Characters Basic strokes Stroke order rules Stroke order

Tarsia Vocabulary Example ?

Using Tarsia 1. Download Tarsia: Choose Formulator TarsiaTarsia 2. Install 3. Create a new file (choose a shape) 4. Input 5. Print

Create New File

Input

Print Table Output (Puzzle) Solution

Special Attention Most files cannot be saved properly. Files may not be opened on a different computer.  Always keep a master copy printout.

Revision & Test: QuizSlides A web-based platform for multiple- choice testing developed in collaboration with London South Bank University Example

Free Trial until the end of Set up your account at QuizSlidesQuizSlides 2. Contact * Mention that you learned about QuizSlides from a training session with Helen from CITCM at LSBU

Grammar Grammar for kids

General Knowledge History Geography Culture Chinese Wellbeing Poetry –Poems of the Tang DynastyPoems of the Tang Dynasty

Other Resources Confucius Institute Online Overseas Chinese Language and Culture Education OnlineOverseas Chinese Language and Culture Education Online Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign LanguageCentre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Creative Chinese

A Reflective Teacher Critical incidents Cycle: teaching – reflecting - active experimentation in teaching – feedback – reflection – active experimentation (Moon, 2004)

Q&A ?

Ms FANG Jing, University of Oxford Mrs Lucia Otoyo, LSBU My husband Prof Liya Wang, LSBU CITCM Ms LI and Mr CHEN, Hanban UK And all of you Special thanks to

Keep in touch & share excellent practice to improve Chinese teaching in the UK! Mobile: QQ: Wechat: helenwechat14

References 国家汉办 / 孔子学院总部（ 2009 ）： 《新汉语水平考试大纲 HSK 一级》 （第一版），商务印书馆 国家汉办 / 孔子学院总部（ 2009 ）：《新汉语水平考试大纲 HSK 二级》 （第一版）），商务印书馆 国家汉办 / 孔子学院总部 （ 2009 ）： 《新汉语水平考试大纲 HSK 三级》 （第一版）），商务印书馆 国家汉办 / 孔子学院总部 （ 2009 ）： 《新汉语水平考试大纲 HSK 四级》 （第一版）），商务印书馆 Light, G., Cox, R. and Calkins, S. (2009) Learning and teaching in higher education: the reflective professional. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Bush, M. and Otoyo, L. (2014) QuizSlides: multiple-choice test platform -- introductory training course. London: London South Bank University. Moon, J. (2004) A handbook of reflective and experiential learning: theory and practice. Abingdon: RoutledgeFalmer.